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Letters PatentNo. 65,632, dated June 11, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-FASTENERS 0R TIES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, D. B. BAKER, of Rollersville, in the county ofSandusky, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved MetallicClasp'or Tie for Bags; and that the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to,forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have setforth the nature and principles of my said improvements by which myinvention may be distinguished from all others of a'similar class,together with such parts as I claim, and desire tohave secured to me byLetters Patent.

This invention is designed to supersede the cords, strings, and thongsnow employed for tying bags.

The invention consists of a metallic clasp composed of two semicircularparts, connected at one end by a link, and secured around the bag by ahook on the opposite end of one part fitting in one of a series of holesin .the other part. By'this simple device a filled bag may have its openend secured or tied with far greater facility than by a string, cord, orthong, and without the liability of the bag becoming casually opened. Inthe accompanying sheet of drawings I Figure 1 is a side view of a filledbag having my invention applied to it.

Figure 2, a detached horizontal sectionof my invention, taken in theline a: x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. I

A A represent two semicircular metal s'trips connected at one end by awire link, B, which serves as a hinge or joint for the strips, (see fig.2.) This link B passes through the bag and through a piece of leather,a, or other tough or firm material, which is sewed or otherwise attachedto the bag, the leather or other material preventing the link fromtearing out from the fabric of which thebag is made.

The opposite ends of the strips A A- are fastened together, when the bagis to be tied, by the following means: The strip A is punched orperforated with three cuts which form three sides of a square, and themetal included within these cuts is bentinward and curved to form ahook, I), and the other strip A is perforated with a series of holes, a,any one of which may receive the hook I). By this arrangement the claspmay be made to firmly encompass the open end of the bag and securelyclose it, as shown in fig. 1, and the two parts of the clasps may behooked together with far greater facility than a cord or string can betied around the bag. The device may be constructed at a very moderatecost. In order to facilitate the adjustment of the hook I; in the holes0 and the withdrawing of it therefrom, the outer end of the strip A maybe curved outward, as shown at d, to form a finger-piece, as shownclearly in fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire tosecui'e by Letters Patent- The metallic clasp for bags, constructed, asdescribed, consisting of the semicircular parts A A, whose wide sidesrest against the bag, connected at one end by the link B, the oppositeends fastened by means of the triangular projections 12 catching intothe perforations e, the part A provided with the finger-rest d,as'herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signedby me this 4th day ofMarch, 1867.

' D. B. BAKER.

Witnesses:

A. '1. 000K, A. B. Coon.

